Sentence examples for a possible alternative in from inspiring English sources

Our sling could be a possible alternative in younger patients, and if it fails one still has the possibility of using the Latarjet procedure without any expected difficulties caused by the primary surgery.

This open-label study was designed to evaluate lamotrigine monotherapy as a possible alternative in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy who previously failed treatment with valproate.

Serological testing of sentinel chickens and backyard poultry is foreseen as a possible alternative in case the planned activities on resident birds could be not carried out.

In such circumstances patients undergo renal replacement therapy, either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis; however a possible alternative in disease free patients is kidney transplantation [ 22].

A possible alternative in the prevention of bone loss in breast cancer women is represented by oral bisphosphonates, which are less commonly associated with the development of osteonecrosis of the jaw than intravenous bisphosphonates.

Fortunately, using blood instead of affected tissue to obtain gene expression profiles has been proposed as a possible alternative in several proof-of-concept studies (Bull et al., 2004; Chon et al., 2004; Matsunaga et al., 2002).

In 2005, the Pertussis Consensus Group recommended NWSs/nasopharyngeal aspirates as the optimal sample for RT-PCR in infants and throat swabs as an possible alternative in older children [ 26].

As a possible alternative (and in line with our own data presented in Figure  1d), Smac mimetics can similarly sensitize tumor cells for TRAIL- and TNF-induced programmed necrosis in cell culture models [ 22].

However, these are non-specific species and a possible alternative lies in enzymatic preparations that are able to hydrolyze such polymers.

Here, we describe the use of the restricted mean survival time as a possible alternative tool in the design and analysis of these trials.

Adenosine-induced cardiac asystole has emerged as a possible alternative, resulting in brief repeated periods of cardiac arrest (5 to 15 seconds) to facilitate aneurysm clipping [ 15].